Nigel Curry
BA, MA, PhD Land Economy
Professor of Countryside Planning and Director of CCRI
Tel +44 (0) 1242 714126
ncurry2@glos.ac.uk
Nigel.Curry@uwe.ac.uk
Profile
Nigel's research interests cohere around the notion of equity. In this context he has undertaken over 30 years of research into aspects of the rural economy, the planning process and communities in rural areas. Nigel also has undertaken work on land rights and access to land. His current research includes a large-scale evaluation of the contribution that older people make to rural civic society.
Recent Publications
Book contributions
Curry, N. R. (2008b in press) National Parks. In Kitchen, R. & Thrift, N. (Eds.) International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. MRW edition ed. Oxford, Elsevier.
Curry, N. (2009) Leisure in the landscape: rural incomes and public benefits, in Bonn, Aletta, Klaus Hubacek, Timothy E. Allott and Jon Stuart (eds.). Drivers of environmental change in uplands. Routledge, London and New York.
Refereed papers
Curry, N. R. and Owen S. (2009 - forthcoming) Rural planning in England: a critique of current policy Town Planning Review.
Curry, N. R. (2009 - forthcoming) Differentiating trust in rural decision making drawing on an English case study. Sociologia Ruralis.
Curry N. R. (2009) The disempowerment of empowerment: how stakeholding clogs up rural decision-making. Space and Polity. Vol. 13, No. 3, 213–232. December
Curry, N. R., Webber, D. J. and Plumridge, A. (2009) Rural business productivity in England and Wales and the new definition of 'rural', Regional Studies. 43, June
Curry, N., Webber, D.J. and Plumridge, A. (2008) Rural Business Productivity in England and Wales and the New Definition of Rural, Regional Studies.42, 15.
Curry, N. (2006) Landscapes for Living and Leisure, The International Journal of Biodiversity Science and Management, September. 2(3), 134 – 137, ISSN: 1745 –1590.
Contract reports
Brown, K., Clark, M., Curry, N. R., Dilley, R. and Taylor, K. (2009) Assessing future recreation demand. Final report to Scottish Natural Heritage, Battleby, March.
Clark, M., Ford, R., and Curry, N. (2006) Great Britain Day Visits Survey, Additional analysis for the Countryside Agency.
Curry, N., Short, C. and Taylor, K. (2005) An Evaluation of Local Access Forums, the Countryside Agency.
Conference proceedings
Curry, N. R. (2008) Rural decision-making and the tyranny of stakeholding. Rural Futures: Dreams, Dilemmas, Dangers. University of Plymouth, April.
Curry, N. R. (2008) W(h)ither rural: new canons for old? A lecture to mark the inauguration of the Countryside and Community Research Institute, University of Gloucestershire, April.
Curry, N. R. (2008) Rural decision-making: How empowerment clogs things up. Restructuring Governance Symposium, Sheffield Hallam University, November.
External presentations in the UK and other activities
(2008) Rural land use planning: questioning some longstanding traditions, 80/20 Rural Vision Conference, York, 14 March.
(2008) W(h)ither rural: new canons for old Lecture to mark the inauguration of the CCRI, 22 April 2008.
(2007) Member of Development Group reviewing Defra portfolios for the National Audit Office.
(2007) Member of Development group, Prime Minster's review of rural planning, housing and economy (the Matthew Taylor enquiry).
(2006) Keynote: Landscapes for Living and Leisure: Sustainable Uplands, Future Scenarios for People, Environment and Landscape, International Centre for the Uplands, Cumbria, 30 May – 1 June.
(2006) Keynote: Overview of Assessing National and Regional Surveys, Countryside Recreation Network, Knowing your customer. The joys of statistics and monitoring, 25 October, York.
2001 - 2007 External Examiner, Masters Courses in Rural Development and Tourism, University of Plymouth.
2006 - External Assessor, RAE interim assessment, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
2006 - External Assessor, Rural Economy and Land Use Programme (UK Research Councils), confidential details.
Public service activities
Board member, South West Rural Affairs Forum.
Board member , South West Rural Advisory gGroup
Member, Rural Economic Advisory Panel, Gloucestershire Development Agency.
Trustee to the Gloucestershire Rural Community Council.
Governor, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.
Editorial Advisory Board, Leisure Studies
